The word magic is not often used in the context of science. But in the early 1930s, scientists discovered that some atomic ...

Scientists in Sweden say they have confirmed a new, super-heavy element that was first proposed by Russian scientists in 2004. The element with the atomic number 115 has yet to be named.

So for instance, to make the element oganesson, which has 118 protons, scientists usually fire a beam of calcium (with 20 protons) at a target made of californium (with 98 protons).

Scientists measuring the nucleus of calcium-48 to determine how its 20 protons and 28 neutrons are distributed inside its nucleus found that the protons and neutrons aren’t simply sprinkled ...